Some people might be surprised that Arc-V ended up being above Zexal, i really enjoyed that all aspects of previous shows came together for this one. The show has some great side characters however and two of the best rivals in Yu-Gi-Oh! history being Reginald “Shark” Kastle and Kite Tenjo ( Kaito Tenjo), who were both ruthless and pushed Yuma to his limits and gave us some great duels. The main thing that puts Zexal so low is Yuma, he is my least favourite protagonist, and for me a great Yu-Gi-Oh! show needs a great main character, he had his qualities but wasn’t enough to drag the show up on the list. I really enjoyed some of the arc’s within Zexal such as the World Duel Carnival and the Barian Invasion arc in Zexal II. He grew as a duelist along with Astral and by the end of the series he had grown as a character. The show began with a very light hearted comedic theme, we followed Yuma Tsukumo who is probably still the weakest duellist of all the main protagonists, who has lost the most duels and spent most of the first season losing duels. Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal added the XYZ summoning method, which was similar to synchros but had its own unique twist, i enjoyed this new summoning method it came at a time when it was still cool to have a new way to bring out monsters for each show.

The series got better as it went along, and maybe with a few more watches it will be higher on the list but at the moment it remains the most underwhelming of the shows. Side characters seemed cool but none of them really stood out for me like characters in past Yu-Gi-Oh! shows, one character i really enjoyed was Akira Zaizen who had a very intersting arc throughout the series. I like some of the characters in Vrains, im a big fan of playmaker, he was very different to all the past protagonist, he was serious and straight down to business whereas the other protagonists have all been friendship driven and a lot less care free. I enjoyed watching this show but from the beginning i was left disappointed, every new show we got had to add a new dynamic, with Vrains we got the Link Summon, i wasn’t a big fan of this new type of summoning, i wanted a new show just to focus on the story line and characters rather than new gimics that we get with every new show. i hear a lot of mixed views on this show, a lot of people hate it and a lot of people love it. Starting us off is the latest addition to the series, Vrains.

Yu gi oh season 1 episode 6